Show stage and movie to me the joy of the theater Is in the attention forced by a skillfully constructed ted play acted by players of coll conviction and artistic power I 1 have often watched an audience coming from a moving picture theater and rarely have I 1 seen a look of more elation or spirit upon the faces of the crowd than would result from the perusal of 11 newspaper whereas after an evening at an interesting play thy the audience pours forth in animation and even though the play may have hate been a tragedy emotions have been stirred and winds minds stimulated until the reaction shows on every face so long as the human relation rel atlon Is preserved between actor and audience so long will the acted drama retain its supremacy in any community skinner in the north american review |